Quantification of Spatial Correlation in x-Ray CT and MR Images

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 1097-1101

  Lei, Tianhu ^a   Udupa, Jayaram K ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Asymptotic Independence; Markov Random Field; Maximum a Posteriori; Spatial Correlation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; X RAYS;

SPATIAL CORRELATION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0142210167     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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